The 2025 Neuro-Inspired Computing Elements (NICE) Conference is the 12th annual meeting of researchers in the neural computing field. Like previous editions, NICE 2025 will focus on the interplay between neural theory, neural algorithms, neuromorphic architectures and hardware, and applications for neural computing technology.

NICE aims to involve diverse participation from all over the world and bring together research communities with universities, government, and industry.

NICE 2025 will be held March 25-28, 2025 in Heidelberg, Germany.

Submission Guidelines

For submissions, we will accept regular papers (4-8 pages, not including references) that will be reviewed by the program committee. The length of the paper will not influence decisions, which will be peer-reviewed on the sole quality and clarity of the work. Papers should cover unpublished work and emphasize the novel aspects and the potential impact on the neural computing community. Preference will be given towards submissions describing ambitious approaches to bringing neural inspiration into real-world computing applications. From these submissions we will invite several short talks, lightning talks, and poster presentations.

As with previous years, NICE is planning on publishing an online proceedings volume, details are below. Authors can also opt out of including their paper in the proceedings. We also welcome Abstracts (1-2 pages) for 'Work in Progress' or 'Late Breaking News'. Abstract submissions will not be included in the proceedings.

Details on 2025 NICE Conference Proceedings

The 2025 NICE proceedings will be published and indexed through IEEE Conference Proceedings this year.

Please see IEEE Template Download for formatting instructions for IEEE conferences in LaTEX and Word. EasyChair submissions should be a PDF of your paper, with camera ready versions (per the IEEE instructions) due after acceptance.

Important Dates

Regular Paper Due Date: November 17, 2024, December 1st, 2024, Anywhere on Earth (AoE)-No extensions

Regular Paper/ Abstracts Decision Notification: December 20, 2024

Late Breaking News Abstracts Due: February 2, 2025 AoE

Late Breaking News Abstracts Decision Notification: February 23 , 2025

Camera Ready Papers Due: March 1, 2025 AoE

List of Topics

Listed below are the topics for the conference, together with a non-exhaustive list of relevant sub-topics. During submission, please indicate which of the following topics your paper impacts:

Architectures and Hardware

Neuromorphic Hardware

Analog/Mixed-Signal and Beyond-CMOS Hardware

Compute-In-Memory Architectures

Next-Generation Architectures

Computational and Systems Neuroscience

Neural circuits: Theory and Experimental Support

Local learning and Plasticity

Connectomics

Neural Algorithms and Machine Learning

Neuroscience-Inspired Algorithms

Resource-Constrained and/or Hardware-Aware Artificial Neural Networks

Spiking Neural Networks

Neuromorphic Computing Applications

Emerging Applications

Robotics and Automation

High-Performance Computing

Edge Computing

Biosignal Processing and Brain-Computer Interfaces

Bio-Inspired Sensing

Event-Driven Sensing

Novel Neuromorphic Sensors

Efficient Spike-Based Information Coding and Processing

Algorithms and Software Frameworks for Neuromorphic Computing

Tools and Programming/Mapping Frameworks

Benchmarks, Neuromorphic Datasets

Theoretical Frameworks and Models for Neuromorphic Engineering

Memory-efficient Spike-Based Simulators

Committees

Organizing Committee

Murat Okandan (NICE Workshop Foundation)
Brad Aimone (Sandia National Laboratories)
Steve Furber (University of Manchester)
Johannes Schemmel (Heidelberg University)
Dhireesha Kudithipudi (UT San Antonio)
Bjorn Kindler (Heidelberg University)
Gert Cauwenberghs (UCSD)
Suma Cardwell (Sandia National Laboratories)

Local Chairs

Johannes Schemmel (Heidelberg University)
Bjorn Kindler (Heidelberg University)

Program Chairs

Suma G. Cardwell (Sandia National Laboratories)
Sebastian Billaudelle (INI, UZH & ETH Zürich)
Organizing Committee

Venue

NICE 2025 will be held at Heidelberg University, Kirchhoff-Institute for Physics, European Institute for Neuromorphic Computing (EINC) Building in Heidelberg, Germany.

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to Dr. Suma G. Cardwell (sgcardw@sandia.gov) and Dr. Sebastian Billaudelle (sebastian@ini.uzh.ch).

Sponsors

If you are interested in helping sponsor NICE 2025, please contact Dr. Bjorn Kindler (bjoern.kindler@kip.uni-heidelberg.de) and Dr. Brad Aimone (jbaimon@sandia.gov).